Gentileschi Paintings
Born in tuscany he began his career in rome painting in a mannerist style much of his work consisting of painting the figures within the decorative schemes of other artists.
Gentileschi paintings. In fact she sometimes found inspiration in a contemporary figure. Artemisia gentileschi was an important italian painter of the baroque era and follower of caravaggio. This painting depicts gentileschi painting herself who is in turn represented as the allegory of painting illustrated by cesare ripa. She was one of the earliest female painters to enter into the male dominated artistic community of the time.
Artemisia gentileschi was born in rome on july 8 1593 although her birth certificate from the archivio di stato indicated she was born in 1590 the eldest child of the tuscan painter orazio gentileschi and prudenzia di ottaviano montoni. Further references are available on the bibliography on. Orazio lomi gentileschi 1563 1639 was an italian painter. Self portrait as the allegory of painting is a painting produced by artemisia gentileschi between 1638 and 1639.
In this unique painting the artist imagines herself as an allegory a creative approach that subtly incorporates her long held feminist views. In susanna and the elders artemisia gentileschi s first painting completed two years before the rape trial gentileschi emphasizes the distress of a young woman preyed upon by older men. Artemisia gentileschi was a baroque period painter known for such works as madonna and child susanna and the elders and judith slaying holofernes people nostalgia. Gone was the flirtatious susanna shown by earlier artists replaced by a woman traumatized by male violence.
Artemisia was introduced to painting in her father s workshop showing much more enthusiasm and talent than her brothers who worked alongside her. Artemisia was a talented and rare artist whose work was well ahead of her time she managed to make a strong impact with her astounding work despite facing strong dominance from her male counterparts. She was the first female painter to receive recognition in a male dominated century of great artists. The following is an incomplete list of paintings by artemisia gentileschi catalogue numbers abbreviated wb are taken from the 1999 publication by raymond ward bissell and number abbreviated met are from the 2001 publication by the metropolitan museum of art.
Artemisia gentileschi is one of the greatest painters of the baroque era. Gentileschi s penchant for painting women was not limited to age old bible stories and ancient tales. Artemisia gentileschi s turbulent life story often overshadows her art but she was the most celebrated female artist of the 17th century. After 1600 he came under the influence of the more naturalistic style of caravaggio.
Other attributions are taken from jesse locker s the language of painting.